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municide

municide noun: the demise of a city through economic collapse or disincorporation.

Noun

municide (plural municides)

  1. The demise of a city through economic collapse or disincorporation.
    • If he succeeds, it will be only because a lot of legislators want to see if Chicago really is foolish enough to commit municide, or whatever it's called when a city kills itself economically.1986 May 12, “No To A City Income Tax”, in Chicago Tribune

Forms of municide

pluralmunicides

Origin of municide

muni(cipality) + -cide

Questions about municide

What does municide mean?
Municide means the demise of a city through economic collapse or disincorporation.
What part of speech is municide?
Municide is a noun.
What is the plural of municide?
The plural of municide is municides.

Words near municide in the dictionary

  1. Munichism
  2. Munichist
  3. Munichists
  4. Munichite
  5. Munichites
  6. municide
  7. municides
  8. municipal
  9. municipal borough
  10. municipal boroughs
  11. municipal corporation

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